ShortPixel WordPress Plugin Tutorial

At this time, there are so many WordPress image compression plugins are available. But, we will always choose the best and recommend the best for our visitors. If you are looking for the best image compression plugin for WordPress, you must consider ShortPixel.

Is ShortPixel Free?

It’s a freemium plugin.

The free version will allow you to compress 100 images a month. All their paid plans are really affordable.

But if you don’t want to pay monthly for their service, you can also have a one-time package.

It’s a great choice for all!

ShortPixel WordPress Plugin Tutorial

So now, we are going to show you how can you use ShortPixel for compressing your images. Like TinyPNG, you don’t need to manually upload and download images. It’s full peace of mind.

First of all, log in to your WordPress admin area and go to add new plugins section. There, you need to install ShortPixel plugin.

Once you got installed the plugin, activate it.

Under WordPress settings, you can see the plugin settings.

The plugin won’t work without an API key. So, we need to get an activation key for it.

ShortPixel API Key Generation

Simply go to ShortPixel website.

It is our partner link. So when you create an account in the platform, you will get 200 images a month for optimization. No need to pay anything for the additional 100 images!

It’s an awesome feature. Enter your email and sign up for an account. You can use your Gmail account or business email address.

In the next page, they will give you a unique API key for your website.

Copy the API key and paste it in the plugin settings. Now, validate the key.

The key is successfully validated.

You don’t need to edit anything in the general settings. If you have added additional image sizes in your blog, you can remove custom thumbnails from optimization.

Most of us are using Cloudflare on our blog. If you are, you can integrate it with your Shortpixel account.

From the statistics tab, you can see your current usage and size that you saved through compression.

We are good to go.

Image Optimization

Under the media library, you can see the plugin settings.

Start optimizing your images.

Soon, the plugin will start optimizing the whole images.

If you reached the limit, you will see a warning on the page.

You have used all those credits. You may want to upgrade your plan for compressing new images or wait for 30 days.

Conclusion

This is how you can optimize your images using ShortPixel. It’s a great plugin. If you are looking for an alternative, we recommend you choosing WP Smush.

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